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Better agri data to help tackle climate change challenges, says Bill Gates

Referring to India's soil health card, he said the soil quality data helps farmers determine what fertilisers to use

India has potential for rapid economic growth over next decade: Bill Gates

The positive outlook by Gates for the Indian economy comes at a time when it is reeling under major slowdown amid apprehensions that the cycle may last for a longer period

Bill Gates is worth $110 bn, tops Jeff Bezos as world's richest person

Bill Gates may have been helped in part by the Pentagon's decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft.

Jeff Bezos to lose his crown as world's richest after Amazon shares tumble

Shares of the biggest online retailer dropped 8.1 per cent to $1,637 in extended trading at 4:24 p.m. in New York

Come to India, if there's any gap I'll act as bridge: Modi tells investors

India is a unique combination of four factors: democracy, demography, demand, decisiveness, said the PM

Time to pass on wind, solar subsidies to emerging technologies: Bill Gates

US states including New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts see proposed offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean as crucial ingredients to phase out fossil fuels and fight climate change

Not a good idea to break up biggest US tech companies, says Bill Gates

Microsoft is one of the few big U.S. technology companies not under regulatory scrutiny in Washington

Bernard Arnault overtakes Bill Gates as world's second-richest person

This year has been particularly good to French tycoons, with Arnault, Kering SA's Francois Pinault and cosmetics heir Francoise Bettencourt Meyers tacking on a combined $57 billion

Bill Gates joins Jeff Bezos as the only two members of the $100 bn club

Gates's fortune, now $100 billion on the nose, hasn't reached such heights since the dot-com boom, when Bezos was only beginning his march up the world's wealth rankings

Group of billionaires, led by Bill Gates, fund startup to hunt for cobalt

Kobold Metals is betting it will be able to find new sources of the metal using what it calls 'machine prospecting'

Bill Gates backs capital gain tax as the best way to tap 'big fortunes'

Proposals have circulated recently for the richest Americans to again face a top marginal tax rate of 70 per cent, as they did during much of the 1970s

Data can be sexist: Bill, Melinda Gates' annual letter reveals 9 surprises

Bill and Melinda Gates shared surprises that both worry and inspire them, and observe that surprises are often powerful calls to action

Bill Gates congratulates government on Ayushman Bharat, Modi thanks him

The government had recently said that 6,85,000 beneficiaries have availed free healthcare in the first 100 days of the scheme

How Bill Gates aims to save $233 billion by reinventing the toilet

The Microsoft Corp. co-founder explained to a 400-strong crowd that new approaches for sterilizing human waste may help end almost 500,000 infant deaths and save $233 billion annually in costs

Bill Gates calls Modi's financial inclusion strategy ambitious and exciting

Gates expresses optimism on success of Modi's financial inclusion programme

Trump's budget cuts may lead to 5 million deaths from AIDS: Bill Gates

A global health report by the foundation, co-authored by the Gates and the IHME, analysed progress against diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis

Bill Gates makes largest donation since 2000

Bill Gates donated 64 million of Microsoft Corp's shares

Bill Gates, Donald Trump to discuss global health, domestic education

The meeting comes just days after administration submitted budget blueprint that cuts foreign aid

Bill Gates is world's richest man; Donald Trump slips over 200 spots

Gates, whose wealth is estimated at $86 billion, led the list for the fourth straight year

Bill Gates opens account on China's WeChat

WeChat has more than 800 million users in China